Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-06

ffo1nQ e EhorCuGhly saturated. IT,
e can b carried a. We have Hne- =
ne nor running plumb full---we go
expect no ns0re
wanted 70 send two horses from
Pnyallzp % Kent, Yesterday. -
found undsF our duplax system q
railroads that Is would cost eiRkf d.
lars Being leas THAI fftees1 rsiIes
this pfice seemed absurd; 90. naOuut.
ing lad On . pony, 81 dfnt a : fua
days travel, over horrid roads. and
gong I'VE miles out q the way ~ eros.
White klFeT. the horses safely arrived
- their journeys end. This incident
SCI me - Thanking u what Was recenrlg
said By the oSr-sMrnaAaanncE about
roads IN this same district u c0uutrv
over which my horses ho1ndered and
q White River. with Two county read.
without = crossing.
Il Is burning shame, the neglect a
roads IN that portion II King county
south 81 AiFord's; no way 70 cross the
rlTer--no roads, you may say, to get
% ~ no way, you might almost ssT.
% get out d the county except bT the
duplex before mentioned. No won
der mat nine-tenths u the people re-
siding Ia the coveted district are ready
- petition for annexation to Pierce
80 they ought %, and likewise 50 their
petition ought ~ be needed, II this
neglect continues. We At Puyaliup
have 4 good gr4veled road 20 Tacoma.
q bridge over the Puyal1up, and = long
stretch Of passable road reaching OUT
% the county line; but when that point
- reached, then We are :. done for . As
though King county had said, thus
far shalt thou 80 and no farther"
A correspondent from Springfield.
Ohio, having read . Familiar Talks .
Ia the annual January issue OF the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, writes, asking ;
series Of questions about this country,
as numerous and more searching than
any eatechism extant.
As this person Is evidently IN great
earnest, and his letter cannot be an
swered without considerable labor, and
as ] am receiving similar letters at the
rate Of about fifty month, 1 concluded
TO write answers 20 his queries for 9TH
ers ~ well a. for him.
T0save space viii write the answers
only.
LIST. About two-thirds Of our winter
days are either cloudy or rainy.
I'd. Very seldom that the thermome-
ter shows as low as Is degrees or lower
the average Is over 20 degrees.
Sd. One-third OF the days in winter
the sun viii shine for q part or the
whole Of the day.
18th. Fog Is not very prevalent in win
ter; when experienced, it win generally
rise by 10 an:
9Th. Air Is chilly and penetrating: to
persons IN good health, however, not
disagFeeable.
9Th. This Is q muddy country; the
valley land, being q sandy loan, is not
so very bad IN some elayey sections Of
the country il is deep, sticky, and, as
the English would say, nasty - in
lother sections, lying high, sandy and
gravelly, there Is no mud.
It'll. do not consider this climate
undesirable for those inclined 10 lung
trouble or rheumatism. Catarrh IS
quite prevalent, but not severe.
sth. There is no malaria or that
class Of fevers among farmers living in
the valleys"
9th. Hail storms very seldom injuFe
fruit or other crops in fact, such
storms are not frequent OF severe.
10th. I" Average price Of hay from
dealers 20 farmers al Seattle or Taco
ma, for q series Of years, about twelve
dollars per ton. There is q steady, re-
liable market for hay.
nth. There IS a steady, reliable mar
ket for live stock " at paying prices"
18th. The vegetable market frequent
ly Is overstoeked; some years pays well,
others not.
18th. II costs $3.50 per ton 10 make
hay, including baling; in some cases it
Is done for less.
l4th. Vegetable raising by farmers
Tor city markets has not been profita-
bic. except potatoes. The average cost
0f raising vegetables, potatoes, beets,
carrots, cabbage, DC, Is, in my opin-
ion, less than 81 per ton ON the farm,
harvested. This IS emphatically great
vegetable-producing country; 30 to 40
tons Of carrots. % 70 80 tons Of beets,
200 70 400 bushels Of potatoes, and 30
tons Of cabbage per acre, attest that
fact, and this without manure. We
can raise more vegetables than we can
sell.
18th. We can grow with profit apples,
pears, plums, cherries, prunes, apricots
and all the small fruits---f believe with
IS A. much profit As in the most favored
part Of California"
10th. Farming land can be bought
at prices that are likely to advance.
Valley improved land Is worth from
s45 70 SIS per acre, according 10 loea-
ton, nature Of improvements and crops
raised. This Is independent OF the hop
plantations, which are special and
higher.
nth. Ii win cost from $l25 TO $50
per acre 10 f" bring a hop plantation
into bearing"
18th. A hop plantation viii bear a
two-third crop The first year. full crop
the second year, and viii take four
pickers 70 the acre.
18th. The cost Of producing hops
q ready for shipment Is about nine
cents per pound.
Goth. do not " regard the climate as
desirable for out-of-door work all the
year round as the best part Of CalifoF-
mia. Our rainfall is no heavier than
that Of California, but extends over 3
greater number Of days. Up to this
writing (JAn. 27thl ice has not formed
As thick as an ordinary school slate.
+. MKEKER.